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Infobox musical artist| name = Brainiac| background = group_or_band| origin = Dayton , Ohio , United States | genre = Synthpunk , Indie rock , Noise rock | years_active = 1992–1997| label = Touch and Go Records|Touch and Go |associated_acts = Enon (band)|Enon | current_members =| past_members = Tim Taylor Juan "Monostereo" Monasterio Michelle Bodine Tyler Trent John Schmersal Brainiac (sometimes stylized as 3RA1N1AC ) was an United States|American synthpunk band formed in 1992, and disbanded after the sudden death of lead singer Tim Taylor in 1997.
Biography
Brainiac was formed in Dayton, Ohio in January 1992 with vocalist, guitarist and keyboard instrument|keyboard player (particularly Moog synthesizer s) Tim Taylor (July 20, 1968 & ndash; May 23, 1997),cite web|url= http://www.chaindlk.com/community/index.php? action=printpage;topic=2945.0 |title=Print Page - Actions list from David Cotner's desk Pt.1 |publisher=Chaindlk.com |date= |accessdate=2011-08-06 bassist Monostereo ( Juan Monasterio ), guitarist Michelle Bodine and drummer Tyler Trent. On the March 12th, the band played its first show at Wright State's University Cafeteria, under the name We'll Eat Anything.
After a slew of singles, they released their debut album, Smack Bunny Baby , on Grass/BMG Records in 1993. Bonsai Superstar , now with John Schmersal on guitar in place of Bodine, followed the next year. In 1995 they played on the Lollapalooza side stage and recorded four songs in the UK for the BBC Peel Sessions . They joined Touch and Go Records and released Internationale , produced by Kim Deal (of the Pixies ). The following year, their third album, Hissing Prigs in Static Couture , was released on the Touch & Go label. All three of their albums were produced by Eli Janney (musician)|Eli Janney (of Girls Against Boys ).
Brainiac generated a buzz as the live act to see that resulted in opening tours for Beck , the Breeders and the Jesus Lizard and receiving offers from major labels. In 1997 they released an electronic-based EP called Electro-Shock for President which turned out to be their last record: Tim Taylor was killed in a car accident on May 23, 1997, during the pre-production for their fourth album, which was due out on Interscope Records . The group soon disbanded. A benefit show featuring The Breeders and Guided By Voices took place a few months later.cite web|url= http://deeperintomovies.net/brainiac/timeline.html |title=3RA1N1AC Live Archive Project: Timeline |publisher=Deeperintomovies.net |date= |accessdate=2011-08-06
After recording a solo album under the name John Stuart MillAllmusic|class=artist|id=p380984|pure_url=yes Bio John Stuart Mill on allmusic.com guitar player John Schmersal later went on to form Enon . Monasterio directs music videos, including two for Enon, and released in 2008 an EP with a new band called Model/Actress consisting besides Monasterio Curtis Mead and Charlie Walker from Chamberlain (band)|Chamberlain and ex Bullet LaVolta drummer Philips; Schmersal makes appearances on this album. Trent briefly joined the The Breeders|Breeders and most recently played with The Dirty Walk. Bodine became the guitarist and singer of O-matic and Shesus.
Hissing Prigs in Static Couture album (1996, Touch & Go)
Singles/EPs
Superduperseven 7" (1992, Limited Potential)
I Could Own You (Live) 7" (split single with Bratmobile , 1993, 12x12 Records)
Dexatrim 7" (split single with Lazy, 1994, Simple Solution) (John Schmersal's debut as new guitarist)
''Cookie Doesn't Sing 7" (split single w/ Today Is The Day , Chrome Cranks, and Steel Pole Bathtub Vol. 10/ CD Comp., 1995, Dope-Guns-'N-Fucking In The Streets Vols. 8-11, Amphetamine Reptile Records)
Internationale (Brainiac EP)|Internationale (7" single/EP {features new recording of "Simon Says" off Superduperseven 7"}, 1995, Touch & Go)
Go! 4x7" single ( Jabberjaw Vol. 6 , CD Comp., 1996, Mammoth Records)
Electro-Shock for President EP (1997, Touch & Go)
Petrified single ( Ubu Dance Party: A Tribute To Pere Ubu , CD Comp., 1997, Datapanic)
Influence
Chris Walla of Death Cab for Cutie claimed Brainiac influenced his work on Narrow Stairs .cite web|author=Up for Discussion Jump to Forums |url= http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp? vnu_content_id=1003691694#/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp? vnu_content_id=1003691694 |title=Death Cab Throwing A 'Curve Ball' On New Album |publisher=Billboard.com |date= |accessdate=2011-08-06
Matt Bellamy of Muse (band)|Muse claims that a certain section in the song "Exo-Politics" from Black Holes and Revelations was heavily influenced by Brainiac.cite web|author= |url= http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=jyOBqDs65BA& feature=related |title=?Muse funny radio interview?? |publisher=YouTube |date=2007-11-03 |accessdate=2011-08-06
Cedric Bixler and Omar Rodríguez-López of The Mars Volta state Brainiac, specifically Electro-Shock for President as an influential album. On their influence Cedric states:
cquote|Nearly every band is indebted to Brainiac: The Blood Brothers (band)|Blood Brothers , The Locust , At the Drive-In , also The Faint owe them a lot, and they wouldn't be afraid to admit that. Brainiac were at least the first to have this certain Devo -thing - even though it's not that, obviously: absurd vocals, heavy synths, samples of dogs and trains. All the electronic stuff on this album was done by Steve Albini and Jim O'Rourke (musician)|Jim O'Rourke . Brainiac recorded only three albums because the singer died in a crashed car. It's like a dark secret you can discover.cite web|url= http://forum.thecomatorium.com/forum/index.php? showtopic=20371 |title=Influences - The Comatorium |publisher=Forum.thecomatorium.com |date= |accessdate=2011-08-06
During a BBC radio session, Nine Inch Nails ' frontman Trent Reznor commented on Brainiac that they were a major influence on him, "from a sonic standpoint."cite web|url= http://www.theninhotline.net/archives/articles/manager/display_article.php? id=88 |title=Nine Inch Nails Articles Archive - Radio One Rock Show hosted by Trent Reznor |publisher=Theninhotline.net |date=2005-04-05 |accessdate=2011-08-06 He also revealed that while recording 2005's With Teeth he would use Electro-Shock for President as a "sound reference."
cquote|Brainiac was a band that, on this particular record, the sound would be something we'd reference, because it sounded very Lo-fi music|low tech electronic Garage rock|garagey sounding. It has an interesting low tech sound to it that was inspiring. Even thinking about that visually would lead us into certain paths of production ideas.
http://www.rainbowsandvampires.com/ Rainbows and Vampires - Monostereo's video directing website.
http://www.angelfire.com/indie/brainiac/ Brainiac fan site and lyrics (click picture on front page)
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